Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Hyde Park Corner
Hardens guides have spent 34 years compiling reviews of the best Hyde Park Corner restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 70 restaurants in Hyde Park Corner and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Hyde Park Corner restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Hyde Park Corner Restaurants
1. Muse by Tom Aikens
British, Modern restaurant in Belgravia
38 Groom Place - SW1X
“Always a delight to eat here” – Tom Aikens’s small townhouse restaurant in Belgravia continues to inspire nothing but very high ratings for its “delicate cooking and inventive flavour combinations” served over two small floors, either counter-style, or at the small number of tables in the “cosy if slightly cramped” space. “The counter experience is so close up and personal, and the storytelling approach to cooking so compelling, that it creates a beautifully intimate atmosphere”. The menu is heavily inspired by and presented through the lens of Tom’s upbringing: “will return to try a different season’s story”. The only negative review this year was from someone considering it overpriced, who still rated the food as “very good” (“OK, so I don’t like tasting menus: I still expect staff to converse instead of reciting the – very – long history of how such-and-such a dish was inspired and created”.)
2. Kai Mayfair
Chinese restaurant in Mayfair
65 South Audley St - W1
“Chinese food as it’s meant to be!!” – so say fans of Malaysian-born founder, Bernard Yeoh’s accomplished fixture, which has helped lead the charge in upping perceptions of Asian cuisine in the capital for over three decades now. Given its chic Mayfair location, it’s never going to be a cheap experience, but given the number of pricey launches in London over recent years it no longer looks like the outlier it once was. By way of a yardstick: Peking Duck is £118 (£94 at lunch) and is served in two courses: first with pancakes and signature chilli sambal; and then as a stir fry with a classic oyster sauce. It typifies a forward-thinking ‘liberated Nanyang [ie South Seas Chinese] cooking’ that wins it nothing but high praise across the board in our annual diners’ poll. The venue was also the first London Chinese menu with a world-class wine list, so it’s just the spot when you need to grab a bottle of 1990 Chateau Pétrus for £12,200! In 2025, in one of their known-only-to-themselves convulsions, Michelin inexplicably removed the star the venue had boasted since 2009.
3. Signor Sassi
Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge
14 Knightsbridge Green - SW1
That it’s “good fun” has kept this Knightsbridge trattoria clipping along since 1984 (and it’s been part of the nationwide San Carlo Group for about half that time). Even fans admit it’s “cramped”, that “the food quality is not consistent” or that “its reputation is a bit bewildering”, but they say “you can overlook that given its convivial service and generous helpings”.
4. Ormer Mayfair by Sofian, Flemings Mayfair Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Mayfair
7-12 Half Moon Street - W1
For a comfortable meal in an impressive space in Mayfair, this wood-panneled chamber has much to recommend it, and is one of the better-preserved traditional dining rooms (dating originally from the 1850s and made over in the 1930s). Chef Sofian Msterfi injects North African ideas from his Moroccan roots into some of the dishes on his five-course (for £95 per person) or seven-course (for £140 per person) menus. The odd reporter feels this is “too much concept” for their tastes, but for the most part it’s an approach that’s very well received.
5. Sale e Pepe
Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge
9-15 Pavilion Road - SW1
Just off Sloane Street, this stalwart trattoria has been a feature since 1974, and its crowd of old-faithful diners are slowly warning to the new regime, who refurbished and relaunched it in 2023. Reports are still not as numerous as during its heyday, but after last year’s dip, its ratings are improved and feedback focuses on the traditional virtues that have made it such a keeper: “a solid Italian. We experienced one ‘off day’ before Christmas, but otherwise have found it consistently good”, particularly the “wonderful and friendly” service.
6. Coya
Peruvian restaurant in Mayfair
118 Piccadilly - W1
“Unsurprisingly, not as flashy as the one in Marbella” – and with siblings nowadays from Montecarlo to Mykonos – the Mayfair original of Arjun Waney’s vibey Peruvian chain (motto ‘Find your inner Inca’) is still, say fans, “a great place for something different”, although even a reporter who judged its crudos, salads, skewers and grills provided their best meal of the year still thought the meal “came at an excessive price”. There’s also a new spinoff in the City, behind the Bank of England.
7. Il Pampero
Italian restaurant in Kensington and Chelsea
20 Chesham Place - SW1X
2022 Review: A short walk from Sloane Street, this elegantly panelled Belgravia dining room is part of a luxurious five-star hotel. Perhaps because it’s tucked away in such an expensive ’hood, it doesn’t generate a huge volume of survey feedback, but such as there is says it successfully sets a superior standard of Italian cuisine.
8. Tom Brown at The Capital
Fish & seafood restaurant in Kensington and Chelsea
22 - 24 Basil Street - SW3
Chef and Insta-fave-rave Tom Brown made a major culinary name for himself with Cornerstone (RIP) and Pearly Queen (see also) in East London, and was headhunted in early 2025 to relaunch the dining room of this posh Knightsbridge hotel, a short walk from the back of Harrods. In recent times, this small space has operated as a relatively informal brasserie, but its heritage over the decades is huge, having helped boost the career of such starry names as Brian Turner, Gary Rhodes, Éric Chavot and Nathan Outlaw. Despite the many thousands spent over the years on interior design here, there’s only so much one can do within the constraints of this relatively small space (seating 28), so the focus is necessarily on his fish-led cuisine. It opened too late for survey feedback, but press reviews have been very up-and-down. No qualms held back The Telegraph’s William Sitwell from straight talking, who stuck the boot into a “monument to the dull and misconceived” with flavours that were “horrid”… “rank”… a “combo so offensive it should be banned under the Geneva Convention”. William’s best line? “Undercooked white asparagus looked like a dead man’s protuberance – and it wouldn’t suit a morgue let alone this dining room”. This contrasts with The Standard’s David Ellis who diplomatically opined that “There is a five-star restaurant here: I’m coming back, I’m going to find it”. And, in his May 2025 review, The Times’s Giles Coren bucked the trend by declaring the cooking “deeeelicious”.
9. The Lanesborough Grill
British, Modern restaurant in Westminster
The Lanesborough, Hyde Park Corner - SW1X
“The room is probably one of the more beautiful dining rooms in London” and its domed glass ceiling and gracious decor provide an elegant backdrop to a meal at this showy and impressive hotel on Hyde Park Corner. Since the arrival of chef Shay Cooper in 2023, it has received more support for the cuisine, although feedback is still relatively limited and some incidents of “mixed” service and the odd botched meal limit the ratings. Bridgerton Afternoon Tea is notably well-reviewed: at £89 per person, it’s “expensive but worth it for a memorable experience”. Top Tips – “the comprehensive wine list has some good-value bins if you search carefully”; and “great-value set menus feature really imaginative cuisine” (at lunch it’s two courses for £44 per person).
10. Grenadier
British, Traditional restaurant in Belgravia
18 Wilton Row - SW1
“Hidden gem!” – this “tiny” but atmospheric Belgravia watering-hole sits in a super-cute mews and attracts a clientele of billionaire locals including Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe… who bought the pub in 2022 and named his Ineos Grenadier SUV after it. The food is not hugely ambitious but fans say it’s “so worth it!”. (Said to be haunted by the ghost of a soldier beaten to death for cheating at cards here in 1818, its ceiling is plastered with paper money from all over the world, to pay his gambling debts.) The signature dish? Beef Wellington, natch.
11. Theo Randall Cucina Italia, InterContinental Park Lane
Italian restaurant in Mayfair
1 Hamilton Place - W1
“Theo and his passion for the joys of simple Italian cooking are admirable” and help inject considerable brio into his well-established HQ: a large chamber off the foyer of a big, datedly glamorous five-star on Hyde Park Corner. “He is usually in the kitchen unlike some celebrity chefs, and his enthusiasm for wonderful ingredients shines through” in “skilfully prepared” dishes “with great depth of flavour” (“He also happens to be a very likeable chef who is happy to talk to you after service”). “Judging by their happy demeanour, Theo’s staff also seem to be very happy working here” and “if you want to spend a couple of hours being treated like royalty” this is not a bad place to start. The “cool and modern” room benefits from “lots of space and big tables” (endearing it to business diners) but “being windowless is best at night”; and has been accused of being “a bit soulless”. But they continue to tweak the decor and layout here and “a definite improvement” was noted in some reports (and the ratings) this year. Overall the place attracts little but supportive feedback for its large fan club for whom it’s an overall “favourite”. Top Tip – “if you go for one of the monthly changing regional menus with matching wines, or Sunday lunch, it’s excellent value for money too for a top-class London restaurant”.
12. Ella Canta
Mexican restaurant in Mayfair
InterContinental London Park Lane, Park Lane - W1
2022 Review: Mexico City chef Martha Ortiz was creating a good reputation for her street-food-inspired menu at this venture, within a large hotel right on Hyde Park Corner. ‘Temporarily closed’ as we go to press: a call to the hotel in September 2021 showed no fixed time had been set for a re-opening.
13. The Collins Room, The Berkeley Hotel
Afternoon tea restaurant in Knightsbridge
The Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place - SW1
2024 Review: Hermès, Loewe and Zimmermann help inspire the Spring/Summer 2023 Prêt-à-Portea collection on the ‘cakewalk’ of this Belgravia chamber, which takes annual inspiration for its wizard patisserie selection from the catwalk of the fashion industry. If you have money to burn, it’s an impressively skillful and witty twist on the afternoon tea experience – tuck into “Hermès’ tasselled bucket bag, crafted out of Victoria sponge sandwiched with apricot jam, wrapped in chocolate and finished with a chocolate feather plume!”
14. Nobu, Metropolitan Hotel
Japanese restaurant in Mayfair
19 Old Park Lane - W1
“Despite the dated and frankly sparse interior the food never disappoints” at Nobu Matsuhisa’s first European restaurant, which opened in 1997 overlooking Park Lane and introduced London to the wizardary of Nikkei-fusion Japanese dishes, including black cod. True, it’s no longer the A-list magnet it was back in the notorious days of Boris Becker fathering a child in a broom cupboard here; and it’s also “not as modern or trendy as the Portman Square branch” which outscores it all-round… “but that means you’re still able to get a table” (and some long-term fans actually prefer it’s more low-key style).
15. Salloos
Pakistani restaurant in Knightsbridge
62-64 Kinnerton St - SW1
2023 Review: Tucked away in a mews townhouse, this “dependable” Belgravia haunt has served upscale Pakistani cuisine to a wealthy crowd for 45 years. It particularly hits the spot for “meat-lovers” – “the lamb chops are seriously loveable” – while “the friendliness of the staff makes up for the rather boring Gulf and Russian clientele”.
16. Pétrus
French restaurant in Knightsbridge
1 Kinnerton St - SW1
“Exceptional… Just far far too expensive!!” – that’s often the verdict this year on Gordon Ramsay’s luxurious Belgravia destination, which was famous when he founded it in 1999, and which has gradually sunk into honourable semi-oblivion over the years. Wallet-punishing expense notwithstanding, its performance has been very consistent since the arrival of its most recent chef in 2022: Parisian-born Orson Vergnaud, whose modern French cuisine reflects his Toulouse upbringing. A key feature here has, as the name hints, always been its Bordeaux- heavy wine list, advertised by a circular wine cage which helps break up the bland sumptuousness of the room.
17. The Alfred Tennyson Pub Belgravia
British, Modern restaurant in Belgravia
10 Motcomb Street - SW1
2023 Review: This smartly kitted-out pub with a “nice outdoor terrace” on a cobbled Belgravia street has a “short, simple and well-executed menu”, providing “Sunday roast and fish ’n’ chips of quality”.
18. El Pirata
Spanish restaurant in Mayfair
5-6 Down St - W1
This veteran (est. 1994) tapas bar (in a side street near Piccadilly and Green Park) has long been a top pick for a jolly and affordable meal in Mayfair. The cooking is mostly “good” (if not at the gourmet end of the spectrum), and “it’s great for business lunches”. The pirate himself, Johnny Depp, is among the many famous faces that have passed through its doors over the years.
19. 116 at the Athenaeum
British, Modern restaurant in Mayfair
Athenaeum Hotel, 116 Piccadilly - W1
2023 Review: The “wonderful afternoon tea” at this “luxury” hotel on Piccadilly hogs the limelight since the former Galvin at the Athenaeum dining room was rebranded during the pandemic. The lunch and dinner menus offer contemporary British cuisine from chef Ian Howard. Top Tip – the cream tea is a steal at £10 for homemade scones, Cornish clotted cream and strawberry jam plus a pot of tea.
20. Cut, 45 Park Lane
Steaks & grills restaurant in Mayfair
45 Park Ln - W1
2024 Review: If it wasn’t for the celebrity of chef Wolfgang Puck and its prime Park Lane location – across the door from the main entrance of The Dorchester – we would be tempted to skip an entry for this swanky Mayfair steakhouse. If you’re not paying, you’re likely to enjoy picking from its British-farmed steaks, USDA meat, Australian or Japanese wagyu. But it inspires very little feedback in our annual diners’ poll, and even those who say it’s “good all-round” feel it’s “only for expense-accounters”.
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